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Pictured is a red-eared slider turtle on a tree trunk at the edge of a pool in the Fort Worth Botanic Garden in Fort Worth, Texas. The Trinomial name is Trachemys scripta elegans. The turtle is semiaquatic and belongs to the family Emydidae. It is the most popular pet turtle in the United State and the most commonly traded turtle in the world.